Massimo Ceccherini (born 23 May 1965) is an Italian actor, film director, comedian and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025.
Florence ...
, Ceccherini is the son of a
plasterer, he seemed destined for the same profession, but his father was attracted to the world of entertainment. Ceccherini made his first television appearance in the program ''La Corrida'' and for years pursued a musical career with his friend
Alessandro Paci
Alessandro Paci (born 21 December 1964) is an Italian actor, film director and comedian.
Biography
Tuscan comedian, debuted in the duo ''Duemendi'', with Massimo Ceccherini. He participated in the program ''Aria Fresca'', broadcast on Videomus ...
. He became known to television viewers in the cabaret show ''Videomusic'', ''Aria Fresca'', conducted by a young
Carlo Conti
Carlo Natale Marino Conti (born 13 March 1961), simply known as Carlo Conti, is an Italian television presenter.
Life and career
Born in Florence, Conti graduated in accountancy, then he was a bank teller from 1981 to 1986.. After some exper ...
.
In the meantime he got his first part in a film, ''
Welcome to Home Gori'' directed by
Alessandro Benvenuti, with whom the following year he would also act in the film ''
The Party's Over''.
In 1994, alongside
Paolo Villaggio
Paolo Villaggio (; 30 December 1932 — 3 July 2017) was an Italian actor, comedian, film director, and writer. He is noted for the characters he created with paradoxical and grotesque characteristics: Professor Kranz, the ultra-timid Giandom ...
, Ceccherini appeared in ''
Dear Goddamned Friends'', directed by
Mario Monicelli
Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the ''commedia all'italiana'' ("Italian-style comedy"). He was nominated six times for an Academy Awards, Os ...
. Popular success, however, came with the collaboration with his friend
Leonardo Pieraccioni, participating in almost all his films. He and Pieraccioni were reunited in 2025, when Ceccherini played a father whose son wants to play rock music instead of studying, and Pieraccioni played the priest who tries to perform an exorcism on the boy, in
Lucio Corsi's hit music video "
Volevo essere un duro."
Filmography
Film
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Welcome to Home Gori'' (1990) – Danilo
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The Party's Over'' (1991) – Kinder
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Amami'' (1993) – Fan di Anna
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Bonus malus'' (1993)
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S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago'' (1994) – Cliente di Prato
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Dear Goddamned Friends'' (1994) – Marlini
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The Graduates'' (1995) – Pino
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Albergo Roma'' (1996)
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Return to Home Gori'' (1996) – Danilo
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The Cyclone'' (1996) – Libero Quarini
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Five Stormy Days'' (1997)
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Fireworks
Fireworks are Explosive, low explosive Pyrotechnics, pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic and entertainment purposes. They are most commonly used in fireworks displays (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), combining a large numbe ...
'' (1997) – Germano Reali
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Viola Kisses Everybody'' (1998) – Max
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Lucignolo'' (1999) – Lucio
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Picasso's Face'' (2000) – Ceccherini
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Freewheeling'' (2000) – Aunt Natalizia
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The Prince and the Pirate'' (2001) – Melchiorre "Gimondi"
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My Life with Stars and Stripes
My or MY may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station
* Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe
* ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak
* ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon
Business
* Marke ...
'' (2003) – Lando
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Suddenly Paradise'' (2003) – Passante
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La brutta copia'' (2004) – Fernando Petriccioli / Leandro Fandechi
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Tutti all'attacco
''Tutti'' is an Italian word literally meaning ''all'' or ''together'' and is used as a musical term, for the whole orchestra as opposed to the soloist. It is applied similarly to choral music, where the whole section or choir is called to sing ...
'' (2005) – Max Bernabei
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I Love You in Every Language in the World'' (2005) – Padre Massimo
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Napoleon and Me
''Napoleon and Me'' (, , ) is a 2006 Italian-French-Spanish historical film, historical comedy film directed by Paolo Virzì. It is loosely based on the novel ''N.'' by Ernesto Ferrero.
Plot
In Portoferraio, island of Elba, young teacher Martino ...
'' (2006) – Cosimo Bartolini
*''Nemici per la pelle'' (2006)
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2061: An Exceptional Year'' (2007) – Cosimetto Delli Cecchi
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A Beautiful Wife'' (2007) – Baccano
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Un'estate al mare'' (2008) – Cecco
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Cenci in Cina'' (2009) – Furio
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Me and Marilyn'' (2009) – Massimo
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A Natale mi sposo'' (2010) – Cecco
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Una cella in due'' (2011) –Manolo
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Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio
''Amici miei – Come tutto ebbe inizio'' () is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti.
The film is meant to be a tribute to Mario Monicelli's classic comedy '' My Friends'' (1975) and its two sequels, and it is set in 15th-century ...
'' (2011) – Alderighi
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Wedding in Paris'' (2011) – Leonardo
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Napoletans'' (2011) – Pino
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Finalmente la felicità'' (2011) – Paziente
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Operazione vacanze'' (2012) – Spino
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La mia mamma suona il rock'' (2013) – Massimo
*''Regalo a sorpresa'' (2013) – Marco
*''Una vita da sogno'' (2013) – Cekke Lin
*''Sarebbe stato facile'' (2013)
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Un fantastico via vai'' (2013) – il padre di Anna
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Tale of Tales'' (2015) – Father Circus Performer
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Il professor Cenerentolo'' (2015) – Tinto
*''La coppia dei campioni'' (2016) – Pappone
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Ciao Brother'' (2016) – Taxi driver
*''Gli infami - Episodi di vita quotidiana'' (2016)
*''Smile Factor'' (2017) – Massimo
*''Non ci resta che ridere'' (2019)
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Pinocchio
Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...
'' (2019) – The Fox
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Il sesso degli angeli'' (2022)
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The Hummingbird'' (2022)
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Pare parecchio Parigi'' (2024)
Theatre
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Fermi tutti questo è uno spettacolo, Pinocchio'' (1998)
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Quei bravi racazzi'' (2006–2007)
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Pinocchio
Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a poor man named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...
'' (2009)
References
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Italian male actors
1965 births
Living people
Male actors from Florence
Film people from Florence
Comedians from Florence
Italian male comedians